BLOOD MOON BOUND / BLOOD MOON HEAT (Blood Moon Brides 1 & 2) by Sherilee Gray

BLOOD MOON BOUND
Blood Moon Brides 1
by Sherilee Gray
Genre: adult, paranormal, romance, vampires

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 24, 2023

Shut away since childhood by her cruel parents, Delphine longed for the day her mate—a powerful vampire warrior and mysterious member of The Five—would save her from an agonizingly lonely existence. But with their identities kept secret, she never imagined he’d be the Five’s brutal and battle-scarred commander.

Over the centuries just one thing has kept Constantine sane: dreams of the sweet female destined to be his and a life after war without pain or bloodshed. Every part of him hungers for Delphine, yet when he learns who her stepfather is—the male he’s vowed to destroy—he knows he must give her up.

But keeping his innocent bride at arm’s length won’t be easy—especially when Delphine ignores the battle lines completely and launches a ruthless campaign to win his heart...

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REVIEW: BLOOD MOON BOUND is the first instalment in Sherilee Gray’s adult BLOOD MOON BRIDES erotic, paranormal, romance series focusing on The Five ancient vampire warriors-Stefan Valiente, Rainer Beiste, August Drapała, Nero Kossek, and Constantine Caputo. This is ancient vampire Commander Constantine Caputo, and twenty-one year old, vampire Delphine Albertan’s story line.

NOTE:  Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

SOME BACKGROUND: Five ancient vampire warriors have returned from the war with the Fae, and each will be presented with their fated mate, a virgin female who is unaware of the position in which she is about to be thrown-claimed and bonded by a man who has lost all emotion and the ability to feel.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Delphine and Constantine) BLOOD MOON BOUND follows the building relationship between our story line couple. Like all virgin brides betrothed to the Five ancient vampires, Delphine has been secluded and kept pure in preparation for her twenty-first birthday but Delphine is struggling with Constantine’s lack of attention, and his disappearances that will leave her alone for days and weeks. As their relationship slowly turns personal, Delphine believes Constantine has betrayed her, and searches for someone to take her away but all is not as it appears to be, and our heroine will become a pawn in a much darker game of winner take all.

The world building focuses on the building relationship between Constantine and Delphine, as well as Constantine’s need to avenge a former lover and friend, as well as his new bride. Delphine has emotionally suffered at the hands of someone who should have protected her heart, and Constantine is determined to make them pay.

The relationship between Delphine and Constantine is a fated mates but Constantine has lost all ability to feel, and in doing so, begins to push his bride out of his life. Delphine, like the other brides is naïve and unaware of what to expect as a bonded bride, and in this, Constantine must slowly take control of the woman with whom he will fall in love. The $ex scenes are intimate and impassioned.

We are introduced to the other ancient vampires: Stefan Valiente, Rainer Beiste, August Drapała, Nero Kossek,, and their new mates, as well as Constantine’s right hand man John, and Delphine’s parents Douglas and Miriam Albertan. The requisite evil has many faces.

BLOOD MOON BOUND is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, family and deception, acceptance and love. The premise is haunting and twisted; the romance is fated and seductive; the characters are dynamic and charismatic.

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BLOOD MOON HEAT
( Blood Moon Brides 2)
by Sherilee Gray
Genre: adult, paranormal, romance, vampires

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 25, 2025

My fate was sealed years ago. I would be mated to one of The Five.

However, the heartless vampire who’ll claim me broke all the rules. Instead of staying away until our blood moon ceremony, Nero watched me intently, fascinated by the pain his nearness caused me.

He is incapable of love, and instead of making me his mate, Nero makes me his prisoner—only offering freedom to savor my fear and the dark sensual need he stirs when he catches me again.

But as danger looms, awakening startling new emotions in him, I learn the ice around his heart is no match for the passion burning in his soul…

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REVIEW: BLOOD MOON HEAT is the second instalment in Sherilee Gray’s adult BLOOD MOON BRIDES erotic, paranormal romance series focusing on The Five ancient vampire warriors-Stefan Valiente, Rainer Beiste, August Drapała, Nero Kossek, and Constantine Caputo. This is ancient vampire Nero Kossek, and twenty-one year old vampire Mina Angelos’ storyline. BLOOD MOON HEAT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary. The events of BLOOD MOON HEAT run parallel to, and cross over with the events of book one BLOOD MOON BOUND.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Nero and Mina) BLOOD MOON HEAT follows in the wake of the claiming of our story line heroine. At sixteen years of age, it would be revealed to Mina Angelos and her parents that she is to be the fated mate to ancient vampire warrior Nero Kossek. Having spent all of her life a prisoner in a gilded cage, Mina would find herself secreted away except for the one night a year when Nero would quietly visit without speaking a word. Days following her twenty-first birthday, Mina and four other young woman would be called together for a ceremony in which each would be introduced and claimed by an ancient warrior. Enter Nero Kossek, the vampire with whom Mina would fall in love.

Like all ancient vampires, Nero has lost all emotions and the ability to feel , and in this, Mina became nothing more than another prisoner, locked in a room, away from all others but as Mina and Nero continued to dance around one another, Nero would be sent on assignment, and our heroine would become the target of some powerful males.

The world building focuses on the acrimonious relationship between our story line couple. Mina Angelos is painfully naive, naive to the point of pain, and in this, her actions threaten the safety of our story line couple. Determined to make Nero work for her affection, Mina refuses to accept our hero as her fated mate. Nero Kossek struggles with his inability to bond with the woman that would one day control his heart, an inability that threatens Mina’s life going forward. The $ex scenes are passionate and intense but scenes of struggle .

We are introduced to the other four Blood Moon brides, as well as Nero’s assistant Pretender, and Mina’s parents.

BLOOD MOON HEAT is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and obsession, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic and dark; the romance is limited; the characters are broken, determined and desperate.

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Reviews by Sandy